Chapter Fourteen

After school, Seph wanted to have some girl talk with Yui. So they went into Yui's room and talked.

"A boy in my class asked me out today." Yui suddenly said. Seph wasn't that surprised but she wondered how the guys reacted.

"And? What happened?"

"Subaru punched him. Ayato threw food at him later." Yui smiled at the memory. Seph laughed.

"That poor guy. So I guess that means you said no." Seph smiled.

"So, what about you? Any guy drama?" Yui smiled at her sister.

Seph was about to say no, but then she thought of what had been happening with Laito and Shu. She frowned. "Something like that. I'm not quite sure what's going on."

Seph then remembered what happened with Shu yesterday, what he had said. She felt her cheeks reden at the memory. It was funny the way Shu made her feel and he wasn't the one who had kissed her.

"Seph?" Seph snapped out of her daze when Yui said her name.

"Yeah?" She looked up at Yui and saw that she was looking behind Seph. She turned her head around and saw Shu standing in the doorway.

"Excuse me." Seph said as she got up and followed Shu out of Yui's room. She shut the door behind her.

"What is it?

"I'm hungry..." Shu said. She understood what he meant immediately. Sighing she lead him to her room.

"For privacy." Seph murmered at Shu's look. Inside she walked to the bed and sat down. She swept her hair to the side over her left shoulder. Seph titled her head to the left.

"Bon appétit." She said quietly as Shu approached and brought his mouth down to her neck. Seph shivered when he licked the skin on her neck and waited patiently for him to drink her blood. When he bit down, she didn't feel as much pain as she usually did. Seph wondered if he was being more gentle but shook away the thought. Why would he?

She always asked herself that, why would he? She kept questioning his behavior lately. Shu detached his fangs from her skin. He then kissed her neck, over the broken skin. Seph froze and felt her pulse quicken.

"Why did you do that?" She turned to look at him as he licked the blood on his lips. His eyes seemed a little brighter and clearer than usual.

"Because I felt like it." he stated nonchalantly.

"But why?" She felt agitated for reasons she did not understand. Why was he doing this to her? Why was he acting differently towards her?

Shu saw the confusion and agitation written on her face. He sighed and put his hands on her shoulders. "Why?" She whispered. "You keep helping me in little ways. You stopped Laito, you gave me books and music, you talked about not having nothing bad to say about me, you even just kissed my neck. Why are you doing this? Aren't I supposed to be just a stupid human for you to feed off of? Why does it seem like you care for my wellbeing lately?"

Seph felt her eyes widen. She had just said everything that had been running through her mind. The words had spilled out without her meaning for them to. Shu looked at her surprised at her outburst too. Then a small smile crossed his features. "Because you did what you said you would. You helped me find something to fight for, to care for. You taught me what love feels like."

Then Shu kissed her. Seph was shocked at first, but then slowly let herself enjoy the kiss. It was sweet and made her head spin. Shu was the one to break the kiss. His eyes seemed to shine as he looked at her. Seph touched her lips softly and looked up at him with a questioning gaze. He just smiled faintly and kissed her on the forehead. Then he left leaving her dazed on the bed.

Seph finally felt that she understood things. She worried though what would happen next and how things would play out.

That night Shu came into her room again to sleep and Seph didn't bother saying anything. She did curl up next to his chest, though, and had her head tucked under his chin. "You're warm." She said by way of explaining herself. Shu just laughed softly. "Seph, you don't have to try and make up excuses."

"I am not making up excuses. It's true." Seph said. "Also I feel strangely safe and comfortable like this." She muttered.

"It's fine." Shu said as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Stupid Kuudere vampire." Seph muttered.

"Seriously?" Shu opened his eyes and raised an eyebrow.

"Well you are. Not necessarily the stupid part, but you are a vampire and you act like a Kuudere."

"I'm going to go to sleep now and so are you. We can continue this some other time."

"Okay." And so they fell asleep.

This chapter is a bit shorter and for that I am sorry. I hope you still enjoyed the chapter. I should be able to start updating normally now too.

Also I wanted to say to Hannah-chan27: I'm glad that I made you fangirl. That makes me feel like I'm doing something right.